cẽa

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cea"

Old Galician-Portuguese

Alternative forms

cea

Etymology

Inherited from Latin cēna (“dinner (evening meal)”), from Proto-Italic *kert(e)snā, from Proto-Indo-European *kert-sna, from Proto-Indo-European *ker-, *sker-.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sẽ.a/
Rhymes: -ẽa

Noun

cẽa f

dinner (evening meal)
- 13th century CE, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, E codex, cantiga 398:
  
  Ca o dia da gran cẽa […]
  For on the day of the great supper […]

Related terms

cẽar

Descendants

Galician: cea
Portuguese: ceia

Further reading

Universo Cantigas - "cẽa ~ cea"

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